Grain-door.



W. JORDAN.

GRAIN DOOR.

. APPLICATION xILBD Dno.7,19oa.` 926,494. Patented June 29, 1909. zSHEETS-SHEET 1.

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GRAIN DOOR. APPLICATION FILED DBO.7,190 8. 926,494. Patented June 29,1909. Y 2 SHEETS-snm a.

' WlLLlM JORDAN, OF MLNNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

GRAIN-DOOR.

speciiieation of Letters Patent.

Patented rune 29,`19 09.

' Application filed December 7, 1908. Serial No. 466,311.

To all YLili-01u. it 'muy concern: v

le. it known that l, llv'iLLLin loiumx. ot Iliiiueupolis. Hennepineountv.A Minnesota. lnive invented eerluin newnnd useitul linprovenienhlin Grniinoors. ot which the 't'ollowineY is n :peeitii':ition.

Mv invention relute#l to grziin dooizsl Vtor freight ears und ltheohjeet ot the invention is to provide :i door. which will etteetuullyprevent the esezipe. oi ggrziin in transit :ind he (':ipuhle ofniovenieiu out ot the door openinf;l when it doiired to disehurge theour otl it@ eontenis, i i* A `tiiither ohjeet is to provide u doorioteoinpuet eonsti'uetion. whieli. when notiii use. will lie purtiullyeoneenled :ind thoroughly protected when the our is in uve t'or otherpin'poSeS than the lniuliiig' ot' grain.

(')ther ohieets oiithe inventitiiivill ippeni' troni the followingdetailed deSeription.

The invention consists gene .illi' in various eoulruetions undeoiuhiinition's :ill ais herein- :itter de erihed :ind particularlypointed out in the eluiins.

in the ueeonipunvnig druwingsi Vforming` pui-t ot' this Si'ieeifieution.Figure l is :in ontl(ide view ot' the doorway ot' :i Ytreight enr.ySmiivinleY niv invention p applied l`ig '2 i`l u vertu-(il. ,-:eetionulview ot the mine. Fig'. il :i detuil. Sectional view ol the doorway onthe inide otthe l i.-. u vertieiil. seetionul view, Showing;v the doorin it inoperntive poition. Fig. 5 in :i siuiihir view. illniti'nling theports in posi tion to-perniit the initial diehurgie of the g'rziin.

the (li-owing, repreeiiis' u freight. en door itrinue,

whereon. .l zii-range Suituhle iurtullif guide-wu \2- Il. The door.which nlides vei'i'iezillv in thew. guide-wnys. eon- Hints ot u serieb'oi' nurrow shits l connected to one another h v suituhle hinges 5.'Vl`liese muy ot muy suituhle .vidth'zind thiehness und tho hinges :ireot type, milisliiutizillij, with the rind will he proteeted Thej sill oo't the T therein, extending Sutlieient width surfuee of the doortherehuv against injury. eur, has; n vertiieul slot.

neross the doorway und of to receive the ilexihle door. leneuth thissill on theerossheziin S of the enr. Y'i provide u` Series ofanti-friction guide rollerf,I i). which engage and support. the door.lwhen it 'i5 lowered through the. Slots T to e. point heneath theeaii'ioor. The e :nui-friction guide rollers may be, iii-ranged :is shown inthereto.

Fig. no that the lower portion of the door will he Substantiallyhorizontal when it iS inoved down to :i point heuezltli theeur Hoor ortheze rollerw inn)v he ui'i'ainged :is eliown in Fie'. ".'r where :iportion ot thezn :ire

mounted on :i Curved line :ind ez'ius'e the reni' portion ot' the doorto swing upwardly to horizoni wurd the floor. instead ot 'lying tally:is in Fig. 2.

rthe door L#ill lniI u downwardly inclined surt'uee l() :ind :i plute 1lirl.

hinged :it l2 on ezieh #ide ot'y the door opening. preferably near thecnw-ing und is o' sullieient width to voren the slot T :ind nornnilly`prevent the ei-.trunre ot the doorl therein.

3l in its upper Surface to re reive the lower edge ot' the door undforni .i tight joint therewith. preventing' the esezipe of the Lgrain utthat point. This plate is nornnilly held lin n horizont-.il po-zition byuieun ot'. ai iliaitt ll huiinf; :irins l5 .with notched upper endfs' toengage the outer edge. ot' the plate und tion. vfoi-nung' :i el ot theeur tloor.

uitiinintion. Suhstgintiiilly. The Sli-.itt 'll provided with -unoperating crunk 1G. b v ineens oit which the nri'ns l5 nnifv he rockedout ot' en- .gzigzjeinent with the plaite ltto :illow it to drop downupon the Siirt'ziee l0, i. held zigniinst prenniture ineuns of pins 1Tin the :guide-ways .und in the ends-ot the door :ind preventing'downward movement ot the door when the. supporting' plate ll iS.releued. This releuse. of the p'lntel will tnlie plziee. when the.operator desiree; to discharge the grain 'troni the eur. At that time,the slnit'l ll will he roelied. releasing the plate lt :ind illowineYit. to Atzill und ekpose :in

opening `Qeverul iut-heg 'in height.. the tulle width ol the door.'through thin` openingthee'ruin will l'low until its pre .;\1ure..on tie door hns been relieved. when the pins 17 will he removed und the doorraised su lieientlv to :illow the. plfitey ll to he,..=wun i on it'hine'es into the .eur until it rests upon the ezir tloor. The door iniythen-he. low- 'ered through the Slot T intil it is entirely elezir o theopening. The plate .11- will then he Gwinn; haelt over the slot in undthe disehiirge of the grain resumed until the eur is entirely einpt'iedot its contents.

l claim :is my invention l.-'1`he .onihiinition. with :i lniving :i doorway freight vear hold it in .i horizontal posi-- The door' movement h v;tittingl looel'y within holes v the Sill' '110 und giiii'le-wnystheref0r, said guide-walvis'extending henezitli the ear surface, al' .i.porting said plate 1n its ralsed vharing a` doorway and tliejdoor, saidmeans move downwardly and expose an 'openlngj floo r, ofl afiexibledoor'ivertieally movable in said guide-Ways, the' sill beneath the dooropening ha ving .a vslot therein to, receive said and the .top of saidsll'lbeing.

exihle door, inclined; a'plate hinged above said sill and adapted toextend across said slot and rest on 'said inclined surface, Said 'plate'in its. posltion forming a" cont1nu a' normal. raised tionof vthe Hoor'the flexible door, between said doorand said plate when. the latter-isdropped to rest onf' said inclinedmeans for -temporarily supposition,

of the car and supporting substantially as described. f

2;-Tl1e Combination, with a frelght car Said. gnide-Ways'eXtendingbeneathjthef car floor anclthe sillof the door 'way havinga slotvtherein, of a flexible door vertically -movable 1n S'ald V a latehinged 'at its inner edge'and norguide-Ways and in sa'idslot,

'm'ally covering' the slot in said sill and havng limited -verticalmovement, means ar-rv ranged to support said plate 1n .its raised-`posit1on'lnfcontact with the lower edge of allowing said plate to under'thedooig for the purpose specified..

The combination, with a freight car haring a door openingand guide# waysthereo'nand. extending beneath the' tio'or of Ithe car, ofa flexibledoor vertical-ly movablein said gmdefWa-ys, a plate hinged at vits aspace being provided guide-Ways thereon,

' @2eme i inner. edge -sind project-ingacrosssaid l .t Y lower edge ofthe door-When 1n a position, said plate' having a" vertical ing movementand adaptedjtoberaised topa level with the f c of rocking in itsbearings allow saidplate to dro tionj- Y, y elThecombination, with 'afreighticar -ha'ring a doorway and guide-'Ways thereon,

ofa. lexible'door Y guide.W ajys,A a-plat'e arranged Ato .extend to 'aninclined posiopening` and temporarily' engagethe loiver ledqe portingsaidv plate in a substantially hori zontal posit-ion, gaged vfrom saidplate permitting itftfo drop down to an Ainclined position away from thecharge openinglbetween saidplate and door,

substantially as described. In Witness' whereof, I. harehereunto set myhand this 24th day of November 1908 HYILLIAMJQRDAN. 'ifnesses:

C. 'G. HANSON,V

'Bici-IARD PAUL.

.vertically movable in. said across said gnide- Ways- Within the door ofthe door,;`nieans 'engaging and-sup--- said means I Wlien. disen-v loWer'edjgeof the door andeXpose-a di-q

